The American Revolution by John Rhodehamel

Writings from the War of Independence

A curated collection of firsthand documents from 1775–1783 that follows the struggle from the first clashes through victory at Yorktown, presenting letters, diaries, speeches, broadsides, and official reports from patriots, loyalists, ordinary soldiers, women, and foreign observers. The selections illuminate battlefield realities, political strategy, and ideological debates, revealing the war’s hardships, shifting fortunes, and the emergence of a new national identity, with concise editorial context linking the voices into a coherent narrative.